BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
How London’s Kew Gardens connects Van Gogh and Gauguin—and the monster flower that caught the latter's imagination
In Tahiti, years later, Gauguin recalled the Corpse Flower which stinks of rotting flesh
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Revealed: the story behind the Gauguin paintings buried with a young boy in Tahiti
The artist befriended the child of his neighbours, and had given two paintings for the boy’s nursery
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Gauguin’s Tahitian lover may be more fantasy than reality
As the National Gallery's exhibition opens in London, an expert speculates that the teenager in his Polynesian works could be a composite of women the painter encountered
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Gauguin Tahitian painting comes to auction in Paris from the walls of the Met
Te Bourao II (The Purao Tree), which has been in the same collection since 1995, is estimated to sell for €5m-€7m at Artcurial
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Not just a tortured soul: new show shines light on Van Gogh's humour and friendships
Den Bosch exhibition features rarely exhibited documents revealing the artist's personal relationships
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Saint Louis bags bumper Paul Gauguin exhibition from one of the world's great collections
The show, which borrows works from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, travels from San Francisco’s De Young Museum where it closed in June
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An insider’s travel guide to Van Gogh's Arles
Follow in the artist’s footsteps and discover the places that inspired his greatest paintings
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Gauguin exhibitions in Ottawa and London will feature tributes to Van Gogh
Tahitian still lifes of sunflowers are surrogate portraits of his Yellow House friend
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Virtually unseen Van Gogh painting comes up for sale in New York next week
Christie’s values the Japanese-influenced picture of the asylum garden at $25m
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For Gauguin, portraits reveal more about the artist than the model
A forthcoming exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada aims to show how the painter explored his own identity through his subjects
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In a Met protest, an artist posts her own labels next to a Picasso and Gauguin
She calls on museum to incorporate misogyny into the art historical narrative
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Gauguin’s kitten reappears in Van Gogh’s Yellow House
Amsterdam show on the artist's Martinique trip also reveals Tate watercolour as a genuine work by Gauguin
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Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti is a sombre picture of the artist under the sun
There are few surprises in this boilerplate biopic based on the painter’s time in Polynesia